Background Information

For general project information, see Project Overview (top bar)!

• Magnets:
• The group used the following magnets. They were chosen on a value per dollar basis:
• https://www.kjmagnetics.com/proddetail.asp?prod=S2
• https://www.kjmagnetics.com/proddetail.asp?prod=DX48
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• Stepper Motor:
• The stepper motor explained:
• http://eeshop.unl.edu/pdf/Stepper+Driver.pdf
• Encyclopedia page about our mechanical side of the setup:
  
  • http://www.geeetech.com/wiki/index.php?title=Stepper_Motor_5V_4-Phase_5-Wire_%26_ULN2003_Driver_Board_for_Arduino&oldid=1999
    
• The Stepper Motor Dimensions:
• http://www.geeetech.com/Documents/Stepper%20motor%20datasheet.pdf
• The inner workings of the motor:
• http://www.geeetech.com/Documents/Stepper%20motor%20basic.pdf
• The Stepper Motor Array Board:
• http://www.geeetech.com/Documents/ULN2003%20datasheet.pdf

• Arduino:
• The Arduino will be used with an AdaFruit MotorShield V2. They will be connected through soldered pin connections. More information about how they function and what MATLAB fucntions work with it can be found here:
• https://www.mathworks.com/help/supportpkg/arduinoio/ug/control-motors-using-adafruit-motor-shield-v2.html?searchHighlight=adafruit&s_tid=doc_srchtitle

• https://www.mathworks.com/help/supportpkg/arduinoio/adafruit-motor-shield-v2.html?searchHighlight=adafruit&s_tid=doc_srchtitle

• Image Tracking:
• The Image Tracking was made possible by a Logitech C525 USB-Webcam. 
• More information about how MATLAB's imfindcircle functions can be found here:
• http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/download?doi=10.1.1.86.6622&rep=rep1&type=pdf

• https://www.mathworks.com/help/images/ref/imfindcircles.html